When Shorel and I were in grad school, we both worked at Starbucks. Neither of us are coffee drinkers. But for full medical, dental & visual insurance for only part-time work, we couldn’t resist. We became “partners” as Starbucks liked to call us.

I love being surprised. Several years ago I ran across this fish, the leafy sea-dragon, in another aquarium and was absolutely astounded. Yes, those are all part of the sea-dragon. How incredibly complex life can be! And how can people not believe that there is a Creator when they see amazing creatures such as

We traveled to Shanghai for the week-long National Day holiday. While there, we heard that 82 million people would be traveling during the holiday. Our first night there we encountered masses of people like we had never seen before. Walking down the main street, Nanjing Lu, was like float tubing down a slow river…you